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July 29, 1924. 1,502,991

- G. i.. E. KLINGBEIL CHILDS EDUCATIONAL APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 26. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet. l

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G. L. E. KLINGBEIL CHILDS EDUCATIONAL APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 25. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2k 3H uewroz Patented July 29, 1924.

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GOTTLIEB L. E. KLINGBEIL, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

CHILDS EDUCATIONAL. APPLIANCE.

Application filed December 26. 1923.

To ally/whom t may concern:

Be it known that GOTTLIEB L. E. KLrNG- `Brein, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Educational Appliances, o f which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a childs educational appliance and it has for its y,object to provide an improved device of the character of that shown 'in my Patent No. 1,378,874 issued on the 24th day of May, 1921, and embodying a number of points of novelty and advantage thereover.

Broadly stated, the device of the present invention comprises a plurality of magazines for the reception of blocks bearing letters of the alphabet, numbers, etc., together with a common ejecting mechanism for all of said magazines, said common ejecting mechanism being shiftable along the line of the magazines to eject a block from any desired one of them. The bank of magazines is mounted in a casing having a swinging front wall which, when the device is not in use closes the front of the casing and, when the device is in use, provides a stepped surface upon which the child may place the blocks tov build up any desired words or numbers.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an educational appliance constructed in accordance with the invention; and

Fig. 2 is a vert-ical sectional view there through.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in both of the liguresof the drawings.

The educational appliance of the present invention comprises end walls 5 and 6 the lower surfaces 7 of which constitute the base upon which the structure rests. A rear wall 8 extending between the ends 5 and 6 carries upon its inner face a plurality of magazines 9 which receive blocks 10 carrying the letters of the alphabet and which magazines are suitably designated by the letters of the alphabet or by numerals according to the nature of the blocks contained therein, as indicated at 11 in Fig. 1. The magazines are transversely open at their ylower ends, as indicated at 12, so that the Serial No. 682,733.

nosel 13 of an ejecting lever A1&1 may push the lowermost block rearwardly therethrough. When this is done said b-lock slides down a curved bottom plate or 'trough 15 which 'constitutes the bottom of the machine, and comes to a position of rest,indicated at 12a in Fig. 2. The front wall of the machine or appliance consists of a stepped plate 16 which is hingedly connected at"17 to the lower portion of the end walls 5 and 6 and when swungfdownwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 2, this stepped plate constitutes a surface upon which the blocks may be placedby the child and whereby the blocks will be held in longitudinal alignment with each other so that the child may readily build up a plurality of rows of words with the blocks ejected from the magazines.

Vhen the device is not in use the front wall 16 may be swung upwardly until it abuts a stop 18 after which a hook 19 may be engaged with the stud or button 20 on lid 21 and thus the front wall will be locked to the front edge of the lid and the whole may be. carried by a bail 22 upon the lid. A pocket 23 formed on the inner side of the lid serves to receive any desired copy for the child to follow.

The ejecting lever 14 comprises a sleeve 24 by which the lever is mounted to slide on a rod 25 which extends between and is carried by the end walls 5 and 6. Said lever further carries'a thumb or linger-piece 26 and a cushioning` washer 27. In operation, the lever as a whole is slid longitudinally along the rod 25 to the desired point after which it is thrust inwardly swinging upon said rod and ejecting the lowermost block from the selected magazine.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the device as being formed of relatively thin material, such as sheet metal and I have illustrated the plate 16 as being stamped. However, it is to be understood that in practice l contemplate making these parts of any desired material, either wood or metal. n

Furthermore it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claims. l

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A chlds educational appliance comprising a bank' of magazines adapted to receive letter bearing blocks and open laterally at their lower ends and a common ejecting mechanism for all of said magazines shiftable to operative position with respect to each of them.

2. A structure as recited in claim l in combination with a trough-like receiving plate beneath said magazines and common to all of them, end walls between which said magazines are mounted and between which said plate is mounted and frontplate hingedly mounted between said end walls, having a stepped inner surface adapted to support the ejected blocks when said plate is swung downwardly to open position.

3. A childs educational appliance comprising a bank of magazines, a receptacle within which said magazines are mounted, letter carrying blocks in said magazines, means for ejecting the blocks from said magazines and a closure plate for the front of the receptacle, hinged to the receptacle along the lower front portion of the latter, said plate having a stepped inner surface adapted to receive and support said blocks when the plate is swung outwardly and downwardly to open position.

4. A device of the character described comprising a pair of end walls, a bank of magazines supported therebetween, a rod extending between said end walls and an ejecting lever slidably and swingingly mounted upon said rod and operable through the lower ends of said magazines to eject elements therefrom.

In testimony whereof he aiiiXes his signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GOTTLIEB L. E. KLINGBEIL.

Witnesses:

MAUDE C. SHEPPARD, GEORGE E. CLARK. 

